We will never countenance terrorism.
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Countenance
/[kæũ̯n.tɪ̆.nəns]/
Synonyms for "countenance" (231 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (69)
calm dispositioncalm of mindcalmnesscarecarriagecastcast of countenancecertificationchampionchampionshipcharityclearancecolorcomfortcommendcomplexioncomposurecondoneconnive atcool
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coolheadednesscoolnessdemeanordialeasy mindemboldenempowermentenablingencourageencouragementendorseendorsementendureenfranchisemententitlementesteemexpressionfacefacial appearancefaciesfavorfavorable votefeaturefeaturesfeedfiatfosterfosteragefrontgarbgive encouragementgo forgoodwillgrin and abidegrin and bear itguidanceguisehavehear ofhearten
Related words (115)
holdhold withicy calmimperturbationindisturbanceindorseindulgeinterestinvitekeep in countenancekisserlet go bylet passlineamentslineslooksmake the most ofmapmental composuremien
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mugmushmuzzlenodnourishnurtureobeyokoriental calmoverlookpanpat on the backpatronagepeace of mindpeacefulnesspermissionpermitphilosophic composurephilosophicalnessphilosophyphizphysiognomyplacidityportposturepresencepussput up withquietquiet mindquietuderatificationreconcilerespectrise abovesang-froidsangfroidseal of approvalsecondingserenityshine uponshrugshrug it offsicsmile uponsoothingnesssponsorshipspurstamp of approvalstancestandstand forstomachsubmitsubmit tosubscribesuffersupportsympathytake kindly tothink well oftraittraitstranquillityturntutelageunrufflednessupholdview with favorvisagevoicevotewarrantwarrantywink atyeayea voteyieldyield to
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9 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
11 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
1 entriesholonym
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmeronym
14 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
114 translations across 32 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- gesigsuitdrukking noun (face)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπαινέω verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Arabic
1 entries- مَلَامِح noun (face)
Armenian
4 entries- դեմք noun (face)
- դեմքի արտահայտություն noun (face)
- աջակցել verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
- համակրել verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изражение на лицето noun (face)
- одобрявам verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
- подкрепям verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 面容 noun (face)
Czech
4 entries- klid noun (calm facial expression)
- podpora noun (favour; support; encouragement)
- schvalování noun (favour; support; encouragement)
- tvář noun (face)
Danish
4 entries- ansigt noun (face)
- mine noun (face)
- billige verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
- støtte verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Dutch
4 entries- gelaatsuitdrukking noun (face)
- verschijning noun (face)
- dulden verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
- gedogen verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Finnish
3 entries- ilme noun (face)
- kasvonpiirteet noun (face)
- sallia verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
French
2 entries- visage noun (face)
- approuver verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Galician
1 entries- cariz noun (face)
Georgian
1 entries- სახის გამომეტყველება noun (face)
German
4 entries- Antlitz noun (face)
- Beherrschtheit noun (calm facial expression)
- Contenance noun (calm facial expression)
- Fassung noun (calm facial expression)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹 noun (face)
Greek
4 entries- μορφή noun (face)
- παρουσιαστικό noun (face)
- φυσιογνωμία noun (face)
- όψη noun (face)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- figi noun (face)
Icelandic
2 entries- andlit noun (face)
- láta viðgangast verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Irish
1 entries- gnúis noun (face)
Italian
3 entries- apparenza noun (face)
- espressione noun (face)
- sembianza noun (face)
Latin
1 entries- faveō verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Macedonian
1 entries- лик noun (face)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- mine noun (face)
- billige verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
- støtte verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
- tolerere verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- رو noun (face)
- وجه noun (face)
- چهره noun (face)
- یوز noun (face)
Polish
3 entries- mina noun (face)
- oblicze noun (face)
- wyraz twarzy noun (face)
Portuguese
3 entries- aparência noun (face)
- semblante noun (face)
- tolerar verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Russian
4 entries- выраже́ние лица noun (face)
- давать санкцию verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
- одобрять verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
- разрешать verb (tolerate, support, sanction)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- aogas noun (face)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lik noun (face)
- лик noun (face)
Spanish
4 entries- apariencia noun (face)
- apoyo noun (favour; support; encouragement)
- expresión noun (face)
- expresión noun (superficial appearance; show; pretense)
Swedish
2 entries- min noun (face)
- uppsyn noun (face)
Turkish
4 entries- destekleme noun (favour; support; encouragement)
- yüz noun (face)
- yüz ifadesi noun (calm facial expression)
- çehre noun (face)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
The old man had a noble countenance.
Source: tatoeba (43350)
He has an evil countenance.
Source: tatoeba (72005)
His remark put me out of countenance.
Source: tatoeba (287349)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.